As I already pointed out with my McDonald's example, purchasing a business's product does not constitute a "partnership". Here is the list of zkSNACKs' partners
Do we have more information about what zkSNACKs purchases from the chain analysis company? Because as far as I'm aware, we aren't even sure what's the business they purchase "product" from.
Since the coordinator code is all open source, you get to decide your own criteria yourself.
I'm a little confused by the terms the user agrees when using the backend software, so please enlighten me. The backend is released under the
MIT License, which gives the people the right to use the software with no limitations. However, in your legal documents, it says the following:
The client application (“Client Application”) is software, with the sole purpose of allowing You access to the Bitcoin network and our Services (as defined below)
Then, it defines the Services as:
The CoinJoin Coordinator Service is an online service that implements trustless CoinJoin to prevent third parties from spying on the Blockchain.
Later on, it continuously uses terms such as "our Services" and "Service provider", signaling that there is just one such provider.
For instance:
You agree that You will not use the Services to perform any type of illegal activity of any sort or to take any action that adversely affects the performance of or the provision by the Service Provider of the Services. Furthermore, You agree that You will not use the Services on Bitcoin that is created, received or given in exchange for, or as a result of, any type of illegal activity.
If I get to decide the criteria all by myself, then how can I accept these terms?
This doesn't provide you additional privacy since you leave a trace at step 1 when you send your non private BTC to your XMR counterparty.
I leave no trace other than the information that someone with UTXO(s) x, y, z wants to trade them for XMR. Just as with coinjoin, I signal that I want UTXO(s) x, y, z to be mixed.